Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler;
And whosoever {Or, reeleth}erreth thereby is not wise.
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
He that {Or, angereth himself against him}provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own {Hebrew: soul.}life.
It is an honor for a man to {Or, cease}keep aloof from strife;
But every fool will be quarrelling.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
{Or, Therefore when he seeketh in harvest, there shall be nothing}Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;
But a man of understanding will draw it out.
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;
But a faithful man who can find?
A righteous man that walketh in his integrity,
Blessed are his children after him.
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment
{Or, Winnoweth}Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin?
{Hebrew: A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah.}Diverse weights, and diverse measures,
Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings,
Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
Jehovah hath made even both of them.
Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty;
Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer;
But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
There is gold, and abundance of rubies;
But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And {Or, take a pledge of him}hold him in pledge that is surety for {Another reading is, a foreign woman.}foreigners.
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man;
But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Every purpose is established by counsel;
And by wise guidance make thou war.
He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;
Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil:
Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah;
And {Hebrew: a balance of deceit.}a false balance is not good.
A man's goings are of Jehovah;
How then can man understand his way?
It is a snare to a man {Or, rashly to utter holy words Or, to devour that which is holy}rashly to say, It is holy,
And after vows to make inquiry.
A wise king winnoweth the wicked,
And bringeth the threshing- wheel over them.
The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah,
Searching all his innermost parts.
Kindness and truth preserve the king;
And {Or, he upholdeth his throne}his throne is upholden by kindness.
The glory of young men is their strength;
And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil;
And strokes reach the innermost parts.
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There is a generation that curse their father,And bless not their mother.
The light of the righteous rejoiceth;But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
The eye that mocketh at his father,And despiseth to obey his mother,The ravens of {Or, the brook}the valley shall pick it out,And the {Or, vultures}young eagles shall eat it.
For there shall be no reward to the evil man;The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out,And the {Or, flame}spark of his fire shall not shine.
And he that {Or, revileth}curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
The light shall be dark in his tent,And his lamp {Or, beside}above him shall be put out.
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
He shall be driven from light into darkness,And chased out of the world.
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Then the king said to the {Or, ministers}servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
For God said, {Exodus 20:12, Deuteronomy 5:16.}Honor thy father and thy mother: and, {Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9.}He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him {Or, surely die}die the death.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our {Or, torches}lamps are going out.
For Moses said, {Exodus 20.12; Deuteronomy 5.16; Exodus 21.17; Leviticus 20.9 }Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him {Or, surely die}die the death:
but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God;
ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;
making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own {Greek: shames.}shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.